Tag: Purdue University

Thank You Huang Yi pictured

Thank you for being a part of the Convocations community!

THANK YOU to our loyal audience members, who have purchased more than 26,000 tickets and counting for the 2015-16 season.

Violinist In Mo Yang holds his instrument

Program Notes for In Mo Yang’s Performance at Purdue

Violinist, In Mo Yang, will perform at Purdue University on November 13. His performance will include works by: Mozart, Grieg, Ravel and more!

Meet the Members of SCC: David LaVanne

David LaVanne Year: Junior Major: Supply Chain Management Technology, Industrial Systems Technology, Theatre Design & Production Position in SCC: President Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL Favorite SCC Memory: The opportunity to spray the crowd with gallons of paint at Life In...

Lucky Plush faces reality in “Cinderbox 2.0”

Reality shows are ubiquitous on television and in pop culture these days. But though we view them with a more knowing and wary gaze than we did when The Real World and Survivor took over the airwaves, our attention hasn’t...

A small dinner with a big impact

If you’re reading this in an email or blog post from Convocations, chances are you’re the sort of person who needs your art fix. Convocations delivers it, with over 30 shows each year in multiple genres—and the Friends of Convocations...

Cosmic Compositions: The NDT Soundtrack

Did you detect interstellar signals from the preshow soundtrack for Neil deGrasse Tyson’s lecture? It was indeed a collection of cinematic, celestially influenced compositions, curated by Nick Rogers — a film critic for The Film Yap, an independent website based...

The soundtrack of MOMIX: Botanica

The best part about a nature walk? It’s not just witnessing a sublime sunrise, spotting a hummingbird darting among the wildflowers, or observing an iridescent beetle wriggling along the underside of a cool, green leaf.  It’s also the listening to...

SCC Songs of the Week(s): 8/28 – 9/17

  Each week, SCC (Purdue Student Concert Committee) members pick their “Song of the Week.” The song can be new, old, or even undiscovered. Check back weekly for SCC songs of the week! More information about SCC can be found...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Festivities

Convocations director, Todd Wetzel, recently returned from the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  While he was there he saw 20+ performances including a mainstage theater production by the National Theater of Scotland in Inverness. One of the...

SCC Songs of the Week: 8/21-8/27

  Each week, SCC (Purdue Student Concert Committee) members pick their “Song of the Week.” The song can be new, old, or even undiscovered. Check back weekly for SCC songs of the week! More information about SCC can be found...

Songs of the Week: 8/14 – 8/20

  Each week, SCC (Purdue Student Concert Committee) members pick their “Song of the Week.” The song can be new, old, or even undiscovered. Check back weekly for SCC songs of the week! More information about SCC can be found...

An “Aesthetic of Failure”, Glitch Hop

An introduction to glitchy art from the geniuses over at PBS Idea Channel... "Here's an idea, Glitchy artwork can shows us how beautiful 'broken' really is!" http://youtu.be/7MCmBHPqz6I Glitch Hop noun : “A style of electronic music that emerged in the mid...